asseveration

Example Sentences

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Now did not you deny in the Tower unto me with earnest asseveration, that you had not any conference with Hall, until the witness was produced against you, and then you confessed it?

From The Condition of Catholics Under James I. by Gerard, John

If Hubert was stung by this asseveration, he did not show it.

From A Life Sentence A Novel by Sergeant, Adeline

Stepping nearer, I bent down by the side of the young girl; and as soon as her silence gave me an opportunity of being heard, repeated my asseveration.

From The Guerilla Chief And other Tales by Reid, Mayne

"Is not what I intimate most true, Mr. Bamford?" asked Mr. Bayne, turning to him for confirmation of his asseveration.

From A Singular Metamorphosis by Skiles, May Evelyn

It had all been done under the pious pretence that the Filipinos welcomed our rule—a pretence which had taken the form for six years of systematic asseveration that they did so welcome it.

From The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by Blount, James H.